The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-05
Partial List of Killed and Injured.

MANSFIELD, O., Jan. 4-The following is a
list of the killed and wounded in the collision on
the B. & 0. railroad. thirty miles west Of this
city, near Republic, this morning. The killed
are:
JOSEPH POSTLETHwATTE, of Bolton, Wentzel
county; W. Va and his two sons, Spencer and Henry
W. SCOTT PIERCE, express messenger, Of New
FRANK IRWIN lineman, of Black Hand, O.
j. Nj. FRANCIS, lineman, of Black Hand, Q.
VIM. FREDERICKS, fireman, Washington, D. G.
NJ H. PARKS, officer of Knights of Labor, Wash
ington, D. G..
There are nine distinct bodies that are burned
to crisp. and q mass of charred remains, in
cluding pieces of skull and bones How many
persons this represents never will be known.
The railroad officials claim there were but ten
persons killed, six of whom were pas
sengers and the other four employees.
Only person escaped from the smoker
| unhurt and his name is unknown. In the
crushing of the baggage car against the smoker
| he was showed up through the roof OF the latter
| ana escaped without scratch John Teehlll.
an Irishman, who resides at San Francisco was
| on his way home from visit to County Dare
Ireland. He was wedged in the wreck. but sue
ceeded in releasing himself and fell headfore-
| most out of the window into ditch. His head
and hands were terribly burned. his collar
bone broken, and he was bruised all
| over He taken to Chicago Junction.
| where he is now coughing, and blood Is flowing
| freely from his mouth; he is not expected to
| live Baggage-master John Gales was showed
| the length of the over the seats by the bag
| gage car. and was landed in the rear Of the
| smoker; his ankles were injured, one eye burned
out. and one arm burned but not seriously, he
| being able to extricate himself without assist
ance. He was taken to his home at Newark.
| Engineer Hitler is said to have fed the country.
A Detroit Mans Story of the Wreck.
TOLEDO. O., Jan. 4.-Mr. Charles P. Toll and
wife, of Detroit, who we're in the wrecked B. &
Q. train this morning, passed through here at
noon. Mr.. Toll gives this account Of the dis
aster: The train was the B. & o. limited ex
press No. 5. which left Washington City at II
A. NJ. yesterday. At 215 this morning be was
awakened by being violently thrown from the
berth. The train consisted of the engine, bag
gage car one coach and two sleepers. The
train collided with an east bound freight which
had got stalled a mile west of Republic AMI
eight miles east of Tiffin. The two engines
were utterly wrecked. The coach telescopet
into the baggage so completely that th'
two were completely crushed into th'
space of one. The two sleepers did not leav'
the track. The telescoped caught fir
from the stove, and the mangled and crushed
passengers, i'm prisoned in the shattered wreck
shreked in agony as the flames proceeded will
their work Of destruction. The engineer ant
| fireman of the freight leaped and saved them
, selves before the collision. The engineer o
the express, named Eastman, had leg broker
and received wound in the shoulder
; His fireman was caught between the engine AM
tender, and died in few minutes. The unin
jured passengers and the residents of the neigh
borhood set to work to aid the wounded pass
engers in the burning cars, rescuing all VIII
could be reached
Up TO the time Mr.. Tol. left. which was at
o'clock. eight dead bodies had been rescued fror
. the wreck. The baggageman of the express wa
| thrown through the roof of his car escapin
with broken leg The express messenger, VIII
was sitting beside him, was killed instantly n
I one in the sleepers was injured in tie leas
Among the passengers in the sleeper were Mrs
e Fish, of Joliet. H. sister of General Logar
and her son Charles, neither of whom was ir
jured The shock terrific that the farm
g ers in the neighborhOod thought it was an earth
J. | quake, and were soon at the scene of the wreck
| In the confusion of the wreck hot disput
arose among the trainmen to the respons
q bihty for the disaster. 1t appeared that tn
| freight train was running on the time of the e1
r. | press. The engineer was heard to remark ths
: he had left the last siding with only thirt
pounds of steam, and the up grade, east
t Tifin. his engine went back on him. and tt
+ train stalled. No danger signals were sent OF
ahead. and the express, running at full spec
! down grade and around curve had no warnir
of impending disaster until an instant before tt
a | collision.